Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-31

about half.past o'clock, when all filed
into the Opera House, where the services
were held.
AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
Long before the hour Of commence.
ment there was large crowd In front of
the opera house waiting for admittance,
but the doors were kept closed until
O'Clock, and even then only ladies and
their escorts were permitted to take
seats in the gallery, which was filled to
its uttermost capacity inside of ten min.
utes. The members of the G.. A. r.
and Women's Relief Corps as soon as
the parade had concluded entered and
filled every seat in the dress circle and
parquet. In honor of the occasion the
ladies of the Stanton Post Relief Corps
had decorated the stage in very taste
full manner. At the left was a pyramid
five feet high surmounted by cross,
both composed of roses and delicately
tinted flowers. Diagonally across its
face in green letters on a crimson back
ground was the name Logan" The
central table was completely banked
with flowers of bright hues from which
were draped ivy vines. The whole was
surmounted with a growing palm. To
the right was q floral cannon about four
feet long, entirely composed of white
roses and marguerites. 1t was orna.
mented with small flags and the axles
were represented by crimson geraniums.
At the extreme right Of the stage was
floral cross of white on an evergreen
pedestal. and in front Ct this was stand
of arms. At 3 o'clock Gen. Miles and
staff were shown to the boxes at the
right of the stage, and shortly after
wards the members of the Women's Re.
lief Corps marched down the aisle and
were seated in the parquet. These were
followed by the members of the various
posts, who occupied the dress circle.
The stage was occupied by the officers
of the day, Col. II. H. Markham. Cap
tain K. 2. johnson, Chaplain w. L.
Knighten, j. j. Gosper, Prof.
Arbuekle, E. A. s. B. Hunter and the
different Post Commanders and the
quartette, consisting of Messrs. Fisk,
Wallace, Millard and Tanning. When
all were seated the flags used in the pro.
cession were placed on the stage, an old
battle flag of the Sth Massachusetts,
regiment being draped over the central
stand. A fac simile flag of the Caiifor-
mia Cavalry Battalion was spread at the
back. In front of this were seated
Messrs. C. M. jenkins, +. 4. Barron, r.
H. Williams, and j. w. Hill. the only
representatives of that battalion which
were present at the celebration. This
battalion left California $40 strong and
went to New York, paying its own pas.
sage. 1t was placed iu the Massachu.
setts 2nd Regiment and at the close only
1872 were mustered out. OF these l62
are alive now, but of the 500 there were
but 20 who escaped being wounded or
killed.
OPENING ADDRESS.
Grand Marshal Skinner in few ap.
propriate words introduced Col. H. III.
Markham, President of the Day, who
said:
| Ladies and Gentlemen, Members o.
the Grand Army Of The Republic
! Memorial Day has again arrived and
once more you have assembled for the
purpose of testifying in this public
, manner your appreciation OF your faller
comrades.
i Once more you publicly proclaim te
father, mother, brother aud sister that
J SO long as God spares your lives, thos,
so dear to them shall never be forgotten
{ by you, Tor shall time erase from you
! memory the cause for which the,
l fought and died, for 1t was the noblest
1 the grandest, the holiest cause that eve
: reflected the smile Of Heaven.
| nvoa hav ,aanuad hu fb
! silent tomb of a sleeping comrade, an,
, with memory crowded with fond renem
! brances of his earthly career, decorated
it with flowers.
, That silent sleeper was neither kitl
| nor kin to you, but he was a brothe
soldier, and to him your love goes ou
, strong and full-for him you have rev.
erence almost sublime.
! There at his silent tomb you mental,
. proclaimed that he who slept beneatl
that sod had, by his love of country, hi
sufferings and death, assisted in makin
, this land the pride of our people, a last
| ing monument TO liberty and the ad
, mired of the whole world.
! Sad are the thoughts which sur
: round the memories of those that hav
q ROuo UtlDIC, bou inuCCo 40 thC ICuiauuC
that Times fierce assault is making sucl
q fearful havoc in your ranks.
4 Year by year the muster roll show
! less and less. The great Generals an
!. the humblest priva.es are swept away i
that assault. Resistance is useless, huma
a efforts are vain; all must soon surrender
and then to the Sons of Veterans and t
a grateful people must be assigned thi
sacred trust.
Friends of the Grand Army, you meet
C have no fear: that trust will glide from
Q YOU to them like the oommIngling O
. many waters, only to be made more i'm
i, pressive as time shall reveal to the worl,
' the exalted services you have rendere,
9 your country.
I see before me in this vast assembling
l representatives from almost every ham
: let in this great county, gathered from
hill and valley. from farm and shop
: from all the varied walks of life; not a
: mem bers of discordant Union, not in {
spirit of revenge, not to exult over thos,
8 who have already suffered too much
7 no, no; they come in sorrow, not il
D anger; their hearts are filled with sad
ness, not revenge. They come as friends
as citizens of common country, be
lieving in one flag and that--the ole
stars and stripes which all are rejoicec
to recognize as the symbol of one peo
pie, one country and one destiny.
OTHER EXERCISES.
+ Col. Markham then introduced Chap
lain w. H. Knighten, who delivered
short but impressive prayer, invoking
blessings ON those who had taken par
in the conflict.
i Upon the conclusion of the prayer
the Quartette sang "Blest be tn,
Ground" in a very affecting manner.
The recitation of the poem, "Cove
Them Over" by Miss Louise Williams
was warmly received, and was followed
by the band, which rendered a selection
of music suitable to the occasion.
THE GRAFTON.
Gov. ]. J. Gosper, the orator of the
day, was then introduced, and spoke in
substance as follows: